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CVE-2007-4996

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2007-4996 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in libpurple, specifically affecting Pidgin versions prior to 2.2.1. An attacker could crash the application by sending a specially crafted MSN nudge message from an unlisted contact, leading to an invalid memory access. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and a partial impact on availability, with no impact on confidentiality or integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.76%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
75.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0176 is in the 54th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2007-4996Important

MSN nudges sent from unknown buddies can cause libpurple to crash

Sep 27, 2007

References

fedoranews.org / updates/FEDORA-2007-236.shtml
secunia.com / advisories/27010
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/27088
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/36884
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18261
pidgin.im / news/security
Patch
securityfocus.com / archive/1/481402/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/25872
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/3321